Author Archives: Ruki D.

Please Don’t Tell (PDT)’s Melbourne Pop-Up

Was this the hottest ticket in town? The sell out for Please Don’t Tell’s Melbourne iteration was ‘Fat Duck-esque’ and we scored ourselves a perch at the bar, so much excite! Six years ago, I ventured the hot new bar…

I Can’t Even – Web Series

As The Plus Ones evolves (and grows!) we’re always keen to continue supporting local talent in the cities that we represent. The ‘I Can’t Even’ webseries represents just this. A producer and recent graduate of the Victorian College of The…

Melbourne’s Best August Events – 2015

Some say August is a dead month, a prelude, or a holding place to its more illustrious cousins in the warmer periods. Balls we say to this, balls! There are some epic happenings on during the month and as always…

Underground Cinema: Money

Money, fast money, 1980s money. That’s all we knew about Underground Cinema‘s event, ‘MONEY’. Needless to say, with my background being in finance I was curious. What could the movie be? Oliver Stone’s original Wall Street? Too obvious. Or perhaps…

Bar Dream

Best Melbourne Events July 2015: Mid-Month

Melbourne Truffle Festival 2015 Truffles make everything better, this is my general view. So when you can get a truffle butter, truffle infused egg, truffle oil, and truffle salt bruschetta or a ‘quadruple truffle smash’ (my own phrase) you can bet that…

The Plus Ones Guide: Glow Winter Arts Festival 2015

Join us for an exclusive sneak peak on opening night (13 August at 7:30pm) The City of Stonnington’s annual Glow Winter Arts Festival is set to bring some warmth to winter from 13-23 August 2015. The Plus Ones had a…

Once Upon A Table’s Evening Of Enchantment

I go to a lot of events. The good, the great, the greatest and everything in between. Naturally people ask me what makes for a good event. There’s always two constants: experience and the interaction. To this day, one of the…

Top 5 Secret Melbourne Events – July 2015

We’ve done some serious rummaging to get you through July 2015 in Melbourne. We usually give you our top five events each month – this time we’ve dug a bit deeper to find some things you probably haven’t heard of….

Best Upcoming Events Melbourne – July 2015

What’s on in Melbourne during July 2015? A host of marquee events! Some of these events are highlights of the year and we can’t wait to experience them in 2015. Yarra Valley In Melbourne: July 9 – “Come and taste your way…

Speakeasy & The Zomato

On an icy Melbourne eve, The Plus Ones team headed on over to Speakeasy on Chapel St. An icy eve…you know the type. Bone chilling, eight degrees, feels like minus four. So the prospect of being nourished inside a speakeasy was just…